A Medieval Festival at Waltham Abbey to commemorate Harold, the last Saxon King of England.

Freshly pressed apple juice was on offer at King Harold Day again this year.

Lee Valley Regional Park staff and volunteers brought along a genuine apple press and showed just how the juice is produced.

First they went out into the Abbey’s own orchard and collected the apples, of several different varieties. Then they set up the press, and got to work cutting up the apples and feeding them into it, and hard work was needed in terms of muscle and pressure to turn those bits of apple into juice.

Free samples were available for all to drink, and the widespread view was that the juice was sweet and delicious – and quite different from the sort bought in a carton.

Visitors could also try the hard work of feeding the apples through the cutting machine, and then pressing them. Here are some young helpers having a go, while another one tries out the finished product.